Our Kick-Off, Meet & Greet Open House is Wednesday, September 5th from 7:30-8:30 pm in the Parish Center!

Past & present Youth Group members are encouraged to attend as well as all the youth of the Parish and their families. Come and meet the new director, Belinda Basaca Zeitlin, learn more about the ministry…

Dr. Belinda Basaca Zeitlin, MS, MD (aka “Dr. B”) is a pediatrician and has been a St. Boniface Parishioner for over a decade. She and her husband were raised in Glen Cove and returned to the area in June 2000 to raise their now teenage boys. She has extensive training in youth empowerment, interpersonal communication and leadership skills. She serves as member to the Pastoral Council, an Extraordinary Minister and lector and has launched several new initiatives at our Parish including the Parish Yard Sale and Christmas Around the World. As a parent and pediatrician, she has prided her professional work on being a sentinel for child protection and anti-bullying. As a child advocate, her life’s mission is to empower youth and instill leadership skills that will last them a lifetime.

Some dates to mark on your calendar:

Sunday, September 16th 6 – 7:30 pm

First Youth Group meeting in our meeting room at the Parish Center

Saturday, September 22nd – 10 am – 3 pm

3rd Annual Parish Yard Sale

Sunday, October 7th

Sea Cliff Minimart – Details TBA

Saturday, October 13th

First Sandwich – Making Saturday in the Parish Center,immediately following 8 am mass, devotion and bread blessing (around 8:45am)

Many families display an Advent Wreath in their homes, and before dinner say prayers of blessing before lighting the candle. The Advent Wreath is the main symbol of the season. You will notice that the wreath has four (4) candles, representing the four weeks of Advent. Each week we light a candle to remind us that the time of salvation draws near. Three of the candles are purple (the first, second and fourth week) — purple is the color of waiting, conversion and hope. The third week we light a pink or rose-colored candle. It is in the third week that we first hear in the Scriptures of the coming of the Messiah. The color of joy is white and when that is mixed with purple is creates pink. But even in that joy of hearing of the Messiah, we are reminded to continue to focus on our preparations and hence the fourth week is again a purple candle. If you go online you can find prayers for each weeks blessings. How wonderful a custom to be able to bring the symbols of the season into our homes!

St. Boniface Giving Tree: The Annual Saint Boniface Giving Tree to benefit Madonna Heights has once again been set up in the vestibule of the church. Madonna Heights, helps adolescent girls, women and families overcome the devastating effects of poverty, neglect and abuse. Please help the young women in their care feel special during this Christmas season by taking a tag from the tree. All gifts should be returned unwrapped by Sunday, December 15th. Your gift will go a long way in helping those Madonna Heights serves. Thank you for your generosity.

Christmas Pageant:The Christmas Pageant will take place December 24 after 4pm Mass. More information to follow.